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Anyone up for a good ol' game of Diplomacy?

jerm — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 04:41:29 GMT

Just throwing it out there. If we got enough, I could even be Game Master. We need a total of 7 players plus a GM. This isn't really a sign up, just trying to see if there's interest.

Ooooooo... D7?

jerm — Mon, 04 Sep 2006 16:16:57 GMT

Just throwing it out there. I'm kind of interested in playing the Ancient variant if others are. Only needs 5 players. Just a thought but if 7 (or more :D )want to play, we can do something else.

scotsman67
rishubhav
jerm
strzeszut

Reserves:

Comedy Dave
Bismarck2990
Winner

Chatterbox

Roadkill — Wed, 12 Oct 2005 19:53:37 GMT

-This post is set up so that Diplomacy affilliated personnel(:D) and everyone else can talk about anything they want, though I'd prefer it would be about the Diplomcy PBEM and such;). I've locked down most of the posts so that they can be a more easily accesible source of information for newcomers but this post will remain unchanged.

6th 1BC Diplomacy game

jerm — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 19:39:31 GMT

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[u]Spring 1899[/u]

[img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v666/jeranim8/Diplomacy/99-spring.gif[/img]

[u]Results of 1899 Spring Movement:[/u]

Austria:
A tri - bud

England:
F edi - nth

France:
A bre - par

Germany:
A kie - ber

Italy:
A nap - rom

Russia:
A stp - mos

Turkey:
A smy - con

[img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v666/jeranim8/Diplomacy/99-springmove.gif[/img]

6th Diplomacy Game Discussion

Comedy Dave — Wed, 21 Jun 2006 22:25:50 GMT

Hope this is the right spot to post this.

Well, you got me, I've got the Diplomacy bug. I was thinking, since these things can take a while to get going, why don't we start recruiting for another 1BC Diplomacy game?

Some things that we could consider:

Ensuring players have a different nation to last time - in BOUNCED you can enter nation preferences when signing in, if that is enabled.
Ensuring that the correct people sign up - I believe in BOUNCED you can invite specific users?

I'll put my name down now, and BOUNCED name in brackets, but we can update this post as people express interest.

As Jerm said at the start of the D5 thread: you don't have to have any experience in the game but realise it will take some commitment. So if you're in, just write your name below (in a new post).

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[b]Players:[/b]
1BC Name (Bounced Name) [*-confirmed that they're still in]

Comedy Dave (daveo) [*]
scotsman67 (scotsman67) [*]
strzeszut (strzeszut) [*]
Winner (Winner) [*]
ItaloBalbo (ItaloBalbo)
Roadkill (RoadkiII) [*]
Onyx Heart (aroine) [*]

[b]Reserves:[/b]
Bismarck2990 (??)
Von Clausewitz (vonClausewitz)

[b]GM:[/b]
jerm

5th Diplomacy Game Discussion

jerm — Tue, 14 Mar 2006 14:36:14 GMT

Just in case we start recruiting more interest, I thought I'd setup a D5 sign up. I realise this may take some time to fill up. For anyone new, you don't have to have any experience in the game but realise it will take some commitment. So if you're in, just write your name below (in a new post).

players:

Comedy Dave
strzeszut
jerm
scotsman67
Winner
Roadkill
Warlord

D6 variant poll

jerm — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 18:36:17 GMT

Looks like we're about ready so here's a poll to figure out which variant we want. I put all the variants that are based on the standard map and that have 7 players. Pick one :D Oh yeah and indicate below that you have voted so we know the poll's not contaminated.

The Grand Diplomacy Game

Roadkill — Sun, 07 May 2006 08:05:40 GMT

[b]*Please do not reply to this thread*[/b]

Spring 1904:
[img]http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a92/Tartantyco/spring1904.gif[/img]

[b]Results of 1903 Winter Adjustments:[/b]

Austria:
Army in Trieste
Army in Budapest

England:
Army in Edinburgh
Fleet in London

France:
Removes army in Brest

Germany:
Removes army in Tyrolia

Italy:
Removes army in Naples

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[b]Commentary by von Clausewitz[/b]

*Pending

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[b]Players:[/b]

[u]Roadkill[/u]
Germany

[u]jerm[/u]
Turkey

[u]Iacomus[/u]
Italy

[u]Comedy Dave[/u]
Austria

[u]strzeszut[/u]
England

[u]Winner[/u]
Russia

[u]scotsman67[/u]
France

[b]GM:[/b]
Onyx Heart

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General Q & A

Roadkill — Sun, 09 Oct 2005 15:42:48 GMT

-I'll answer whatever questions you might have concerning Diplomacy and BOUNCED here. Don't worry about re-asking a question, we're not facists here;). So..... Shoot!

(Any question posted before February 27th 2006 may be erronenous as BOUNCED was not used at that time)
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[quote]jerm: I'll probably steer away from using abreviations. I take it that small spelling mistakes will be allowed in rare cases?[/quote]

-If you write down the entire name of a province and misspell "Burgundy" into "Bugrundy" that's ok. If you misspell "Burgundy" into "Constantinople" you should get a doctors appointment as soon as possible.......

-If you by mistake write the name of another province(Not misspelling) the name that is written will be the one used no matter how absurd and no matter how much you complain to the judge. It's a big part of the game wether the player writes his orders correctly. A massive assault that might end the game might go to hell due to a wrongly written order and that might save the day for someone. The burden is solely upon he who misspells. No order once sent to the judge can be changed, it would be like watching Hitler running to the east front to correct a misspelled order....

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[quote]jbfballrb: i think i will. it looks cool. the smaller nations can be captured, right? (dumb question, but just to make sure...)[/quote]

-There are seven nations in the game which are played and they have a few provinces onder their control in the start. The other provinces are neutral and contain no forces. The objective of the game is to destroy the other nations(Or conquer 18 star provinces). It's a bit more complicated than that, but just read up on the different things I've posted and you'll get the idea.

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[quote]pesta: Okay, I'm interested and might play, just give me some time to read up about it. Would having no experience whatsoever of the game be a problem?[/quote]

-You don't need any experience at all. The game is very intuitive so you'll know what's good for you and not and all you need to know is game mechanics, of which I have posted a substansial amount.

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[quote]jbfballrb: you can stick me on the list, this looks real cool. but can i use the supply centers in places like Greece for armies?[/quote]

-The provinces with stars are supply centers. The amount of supply centers under your control at the end of the fall turn reflects how many units you can have on the board. So, if you've gained a supply center during a year you get a new unit and if you've lost a supply center during a year you lose a unit. Basically, at the beginning of the spring turn you are to have as many units as you have supply centers under your control.

-If you check out the link to the big and colorful map in the "And here's the map" post you'll see a number of colored lines. If you take Russia for example it's the blue line in the eastern part of the map. The territory within that border is your homeland. You can only place reinforcements(Units gained at the beginning of spring) in the star provinces inside your homeland.You can yourself decide if the reinforcements are to be a land or sea unit(Of course, the sea unit must be placed in a coastal region) but if all the star provinces in your homeland are occupied by other units then you will have to wait until the next spring turn to place your forces(Provided that a star province in your homeland is available). There can be only one unit in each province, sea or land.

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[quote]jerm: Hmm. I have no idea what this game is or any of the rules so count me in. Let me get this straight. It's a board game and we are playing by email? How can we play if we don't have the game?[/quote]

-You can download utilities that function just as the board game does. The "War Room" is a tool for judges that is used to feed the orders from every player for the turn but it works very well as a board game substitute. It's actually a very good tool for newbies as the most frequent newbie mistake is writing your orders incorrectly. The War Room utility is programmed so that it's very difficult to write down an incorrect order.

-Now, if some of you haven't read too much yet this would be a very important point, a game turn works like this: All the players talk to the other players(You can of course choose not to talk to anyone or just to a select few) to agree upon what to do. When they are all finished discussing they write down their orders and, in this case, deliver them to the judge. The judge then executes those orders and reports back to all the players in the game.
-It would be wise to check out the "Diplomatic Pouch" to get tips and such. I have now(Yes, just now) decided to put up another post that will explain on a very basic and easily digestible way how the game is played and of the game mechanics.

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[quote]jerm: Yea I did. I have been reading through the rule book and I think I understand some of the basics. I'll be sure to ask questions though. When do we start and how will the rules be modified for the web?[/quote]

-Well, the rules won't be modified in any way as they are just as functional in a PBEM as when played normally. The only thing is that negotiations will span a week(For the moment, we'll see how that goes).
-I will post a list of the abbreviations used for the provinces(Will probably be those used in the "War Room" program). Check out the "Short Walkthrough" for the basics.

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Diplomacy Information

Winner — Tue, 15 Nov 2005 13:49:16 GMT

The purpose of this thread is to consolidate information pertaining to the BOUNCED version of Diplomacy at 1BC.

Below is a table of contents that has links to later threads containing both game information for the 1BC BOUNCED version as well as the rules of Diplomacy consolidated into one thread. This will hopefully provide a valuable resource to all players as well as free the main Diplomacy board of clutter.

[b]Contents:[/b]

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BOUNCED Information

Game Information

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Moving

Supporting

Convoying

Retreating

Building/Disbanding

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Rare Cases and Tricky Situations

Special Cases

Nations

Illustrating a Year

Important Links